Improvement in floating soaps



A. QUENTIN; Floating Soap.

No. 19 ,166. Patented Nov. 6, i877.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FLOATING SOAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,766, dated November6, 1877; application filed July 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH QUENTIN, of the city of Milwaukee, in thecounty of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Floating Soap; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilledinthe art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of my invention.

This invention relates to cakes of soap which are provided with lightcores to prevent them from sinking below the surface of the water in abath-tub when used for bathing.

The said invention consists in the particular materials and proportionsemployed, whereby I obtain the smallest possible core and the greatestpossible amount of soap compatible with the certainty of floating.

A designates a cake of soap provided with a core of cork, the soap beingeither cast in a mold around said core, or opened to receive said coreand then closed again. The size of the cake may be varied at will; butthe relative proportions of its parts or substances must be one cubicinch of cork to five cubic inches of soap. A greater amount of cork willlessen the intrinsic value of the block without making it float morereadily, and a less amount will cause it to sink. The substitution ofany ordinary wood for cork would not enable it to float unless so largea part of the cake were in its core as to make the inclosing envelope ofcake too thin for long use or any considerable commercial value. Itherefore (and also because cakes of soap with wooden cores are not new)do disclaim all cakes so constructed, and confine myself closely tothematerials and proportions set forth in the following claim.

I claim-.-

As an article of manufacture, a cake of soap having a core of cork, theproportions of said materials being one cubic inch of cork to five cubicinches of soap, substantially as and'for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my s1 gnaturein presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH QUENTIN.

